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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 65 of 151 22 January 2014 at 4:09am | IP Logged | ||
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| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4531 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 66 of 151 22 January 2014 at 1:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is it too late to join Team Spaß?
I would currently rate my level of German as B2 for reading/listening and B1 for speaking, and who-knows for writing. BTW: When I was a child growing up in Australia a 'spass' (sp?? - I've never seen it written) was someone someone who was clumsy, coming in the typically non-PC sensitive world of children from spastic, that is for someone with neurological motor disorder. But it was used affectionately in the sense of "you spas" - like "you idiot". My log can be found here: Massive input in Berlin. Edited by patrickwilken on 22 January 2014 at 2:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 67 of 151 23 January 2014 at 3:26am | IP Logged | ||
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As far as I know it's not too late, no.
I've learned Rammstein - Haifisch, mostly by playing it in the expert mode on lyricstraining. (expert mode is when you type the whole lyrics) 
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| BAnna Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4620 days ago 409 posts - 616 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Turkish | Message 68 of 151 23 January 2014 at 3:33am | IP Logged | ||
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@patrickwillen
In the US, we used the same epithet "spaz". Apparently the equally insulting version in German is Spasti. The definition listed something I've never heard of: "window licker"... is that British?Definition of Spasti 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ummagumma Senior Member IrelandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5254 days ago 217 posts - 241 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 69 of 151 23 January 2014 at 9:04am | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah BAnna.
Window licker is a derogatory term used on our side of the pond. Very visual based term for someone who is "not the full shilling"! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6083 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 70 of 151 23 January 2014 at 9:27am | IP Logged | ||
Spaß is pronounced with a longer "a" thanks to the ß, and sounds different than "spastisch". I'm sure team Spaß is not making a reference to someone who can't control themselves -- unless they can't control themselves while laughing or having fun :D 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4531 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 71 of 151 23 January 2014 at 11:07am | IP Logged | ||
Yeah. But in Australian English the 'a' in 'spass' is also long like in Spaß (the 'a' is spastic is short though). Both words sound surprisingly similar to my ears, especially if you speak German with an Australian accent! ;) So oder so, ich wünsche euch allen Spaß beim Deutsch lernen! Edited by patrickwilken on 23 January 2014 at 11:19am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 72 of 151 23 January 2014 at 2:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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What about the s though?
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